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J.'B. PARKER. Cotton-Picker.

No.'-224 ,22i. Patenfe'd Feb. 3,1880.

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JAMES B. PARKER, OF MEMPHIS, ALABAMA.

COTTON-PICKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'224,221, dated February 3, 1880.

, Application filed November 14, 1879. V

To all whom 'it may concern:

. Be it known that I, JAMEs' ,BENJAMIN PARKER, of Memphis, in the county of Pickens and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Pickers, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan View taken through the line as at, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation taken through the line y 3 Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish cotton-pickers so constructed as to remove the fiber from the bolls as the machines are drawn through the field The invention consists in combining with a suitable frame-work and driving mechanism improved devices for picking the cotton from the bolls, for removing the fiber from the pickers, and for carrying off the collected fiber, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A A are the bottom plates of the machine,

which are placed at such a distance apart that the plants can readily pass between their adjacent edges. B is the top plate. To the outer edges of the bottom and top plates, A B, are

attached the side casings, O.

D are the front casings, which are curved, as shown in Fig. 3, so that. they may readily pass between rows of plants, and may guide the plants to be operated upon into the space between the side parts of the machine. casings D are attached to the rounded forward ends of the base-plates A and to the lower side of the forward end of the top plate, B. The rear parts of the base-plates A-are slotted to receive the wheels E, the journals of which revolve in bearings in uprights F, attached to the base-plates Aand. the top plate, B. The inner uprights,F, are made wide to protect the wheels E from the plants passingthrongh the machine. To one or both of the wheels E is attached a pulley, G, around which passes a band, H. The band H passes up through a slot in the top plate, B, and passes around a pulley, I, attached to a shaft, J. The journals of the shaft J revolve in bearings attached to the top plate, B,

To the middle part of the shaft J are attached two beveled-gear wheels, K, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of two'beveledgear wheels, L, attached to the upper ends of the two upright shafts M. The shafts M revolve in bearings in the'base and top plates, A B, and maybe vertical, or their upper ends may incline toward each other, as may be desired.

To each of the shafts M are attached three (more or less) wheels or disks, N, to the sides of which are attached metal-toothed brushes or card-teeth O, to serveas pickers to collect the cotton fiber from the bolls.

To the outer edges of the wheels or disks N are attached rims or hands P, to protect the branches of the plants from the pickers 0.

To the upper parts of the shafts M are attached gear-wheels Q, the teeth of which mesh into'the teeth of-the gear-wheels R, attached to the shafts S. The shafts S revolve in bearings in the base and top plates,.A.B, and to them are attached the centers of cross-bars T, in such positions that the arms of the said cross-barswill pass between the pickers N '0 P, to remove or clean off the fiber from the said pickers N O P. The edges of the cleanersT may be notched, or may be steel combs or hair brushes, to cause them to more readily remove the fiber from the pickers N O P. As the fiber is removed from the pickers N O P by the cleaners T it is caught by the carriers U, which are formed by attaching metal teeth to endless belts. The carriers U pass around rollers V, pivoted to the base-plates A, pass up through slots in the top plate, B, and around pulleys W, formed upon or attached to the shafts X. The shafts X revolve in bearings attached to the top plate, B. The shafts X, and with them the carriers U, are driven by theband Y, which passes around apulley, Z, formed uponor attached to the shaft X, and around a pulley, a, formed upon or attached to the shaft J. As the carriers U pass over the pulleys W the fiber is removed from them by cleaners (not shown in the drawings) and falls into baskets or other receivers, 12, attached to the top plate, B.

To the forward part of the top plate, B, is attached a socket, c, to receive the tongue, by means of which the machine is guided, and which is not shown in the drawings.

-to the said carriers.

I am aware that carrier-belts and cleaners have been heretofore used in cotton-pickers; but

'- What I claim as new is- 1. In a cotton-picker, the combination, with the frame-work A B G D, the shafts M, and their driving mechanism, of thepickers formed of thedisks N, the metal teeth or brushes 0, and the rims 1, substantially as herein shown and described, for removing the cotton fiber from the bolls, as set forth.

2. In a cotton-picker, the pickers constructed of the disks N, the metal teeth or brushes 0, and the rims P, substantially as herein shown and described, for removing the fiber from the bolls as the machine is drawn forward, as set forth.

' JAMES BENJAMIN PARKER.

Witnesses:

ROBERT MoKENsIE N OLAND, JOHN THOMAS MO'UCHETT. 

